China has the largest population of young netizens in the
world, but they turn to the Internet mostly to play games. Step
into any Internet caf in China and you are bound to see this sight: rows of
young faces, their eyes fixed on computer screens, earphones over their heads,
their fingers moving rapidly on the keyboards. A chorus of mouse clicks provides
the background music. The Research Report on Internet
Entertainment Trends of China’s Youth, issued by the Institute of Public
Governance of Renmin University of China, may shed some light on the Internet
caf scene. The report, which was released during the 2005 China Youth and
Entertainment Forum last September, outlines how the country’s young people
entertain themselves. The top three activities are online entertainment (39.9%),
sports (18.3%) and watching television (12.3%). While blogs, or
personal Web logs, have drawn a lot of media attention as a major focus of
Internet use, it is clear that young people in particular use the Web for
entertainment. "Seeking leisure and entertainment has been the
primary reason that drives many netizens online, the majority of whom are
youngsters. So the issue of China’s youth resorting to the Internet for
entertainment deserves some attention from our society," said Liu Shulin,
professor at the Center of Moral Education for Higher Education of Tsinghua
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